It was an absolute pleasure to present my research at the Royal Horticultural Society’s PhD symposium yesterday! Thank you for the invitation and chance to meet some excellent botanists and horticulturalists. 🌱 🧬

So excited to finally see this paper out! Using acoustic sampling during concerts at Hampstead Heath, we showed that bat activity is reduced during concerts, with species-level differences and potential fitness implications. Fully open access with advice! 🦇 @britishecologicalsociety.org

Following his journey to Lord Howe Island to research the evolution of flora on remote oceanic systems, PhD Student @theobrook230.bsky.social sat down with us to talk about his experiences and what his research is all about 🧵

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Excited to have been invited to present at the FoNS Showcase 11 September 2025. Sign up here! www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19397...

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Bit late but Cardamine paratensis (Cuckoo Flower) at Silwood Park @imperiallifesci.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

My favourite time of year! Botanical highlights from Ashridge Estate in the Chiltern this weekend. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

Good to be back! 🌱

Coprosma quadrifida (Labill.) Rob. in fruit at Catarct Gorge in Launceston, Tasmania

Fun morning spent in the Solander Library at RBG Sydney tracking down type material. 🌱🏝️

A few highlights from Ocean Photographer of the Year at Australian National Maritime Museum @seamuseum.bsky.social. Great exhibition 🌊 ⛴️ 🐋

Help needed!! Anyone recommend a package to calculate gene-species tree discordance? I have a species tree and gene trees generated from a transcriptomic dataset. Thank you!! 🧬

Preparing for sampling from the herbarium! Excited to have received funding for a new project on the phylogenomics and systematics of Gonocarpus (Haloragaceae) in southeastern Australia and Lord Howe Island 🌱

Catching up with university challenge from Australia and was excited to see a series of bonus questions on the madder family #Rubiaceae!! Even if the coffee one was easy… ☕️🪴

Happy sunday! Thought my first post on here would be some highlights from my time so far in Australia. I’m lucky to be a visiting researcher at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney. Here I am with Coprosma quadrifida up at the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden. Some reptile highlights too! 🐍🦎